Excerpt from Letter of Secretary of the Navy: Confederate States of America Navy, Navy Department, Richmond, April 17th, 1862 The entire confidence that I reposed in Lieut. C. M. Fauntleroy, as an officer of ability and discretion, induced me to undertake the responsibility of detaching him from the Nashville, at Southampton, and of placing him in a more responsible position, connected with the interests of the Confederacy, than that which he had occupied. This will, I hope, meet with your approval. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.